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Cappy Smart School

K-6 · 5808 Madigan Dr NE Calgary, AB T2A 4P5

CFairRoost Rating 69.3

4.2 pts below the median CBE elementary in Calgary (median 73.5).

The methodology

The data behind this score

The Roost Rating weights AEAM above PAT, plus Roost field research, capped at 95. A missing source has its weight shared across the ones that remain, never counted as a zero. This school got 62.5% survey · 37.5% exams.

This rating comes from two independent sources: how this school’s Grade 6 students did on Alberta’s provincial exams, and the AEAM survey of parents, students, and teachers.

PAT
41% meeting the Acceptable Standard (3-yr)2.5% at the Standard of Excellence · 3-yr average exam mark 44.9%↓ 3.4 pt
Fraser (not scored)
Not ranked by Fraser
AEAM
85.5 surveyNo measures flagged in Alberta Education's evaluation↓ 0.6 pt vs 3-yr avg
Roost field research
No operational adjustments

AEAM survey measures · Fall 2025

Each parent, student, and teacher survey measure beside the Alberta average. The verdict is Alberta Education’s own evaluation — it weighs the school’s achievement band and its own trend, so a measure can sit below the Alberta number without a concern or issue flag, or carry one while above it.

  • Student Learning Engagement84 · 83.9 provinceAcceptable
  • Citizenship77.9 · 79.8 provinceGood
  • Education Quality91.7 · 87.7 provinceExcellent
  • Welcoming, caring, respectful & safe83 · 84.4 provinceAcceptable
  • Access to supports & services84.1 · 80.1 provinceGood
  • Parental Involvement89.3 · 80 provinceExcellent

Survey results reflect who chose to respond and can lag a recent change — how to read these.

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Context

This letter in context

Letters held by the 20 CBE elementary schools closest to this school on the two figures below (not on ratings, and not necessarily nearby):

  • 0 rated A+ (Very strong)
  • 0 rated A (Strong)
  • 3 rated B (Solid)
  • 10 rated C (Fair)
  • 4 rated D (Developing)
  • 3 not yet rated

Across CBE elementary schools, these two figures line up with about 45% of the differences in Roost Ratings between schools. The rest is not explained by them.

Based on the 2021 Census: the share of children in low-income households (2020 incomes) and the share of adults aged 25 to 64 with no certificate, diploma or degree, for the people living in each school's designated area (its catchment). That describes who lives nearby, not who enrols, and the two can differ.

Context only: it does not change Cappy Smart School's letter.

Adapted from Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.

Comparison updated Nov 2026How this comparison works

Context

Classes and enrolment

Typical class size

K to Grade 3
20Typical for these grades across CBE schools: 22from 7 classes
Grades 4 to 6
20Typical for these grades across CBE schools: 25from 4 classes

Each figure is the middle class size in those grades for 2025/26, among the classes whose sizes are published. A class is one teacher with one group of students, so a group with several teachers counts once per teacher, and in junior and senior high each course section counts. The CBE figure is the middle of every CBE school's own figure for those grades, across Alberta's release.

Students enrolled

235 students in 2025/26 (preliminary)

Students enrolled each school year, 2016/17 to 2025/26

  • 2016/17: 202 students
  • 2017/18: 194 students
  • 2018/19: 173 students
  • 2019/20: 181 students
  • 2020/21: 171 students
  • 2021/22: 178 students
  • 2022/23: 201 students
  • 2023/24: 207 students
  • 2024/25: 243 students
  • 2025/26: 235 students

Enrolment moves with boundary changes, new schools nearby, the grades a school offers and how many children live close by. Most schools here had fewer students in 2020/21, the first school year of the pandemic.

Context only: these describe the school's situation, not how well it teaches, and neither is part of the Roost Rating.

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Alberta. Source: Alberta Education and Childcare.

Class sizes as of Nov 24, 2025Enrolment 2025/26 is preliminary: Alberta replaces it with final figures later.About these figures

Enrolment

How enrolment works

Grades
K-6
Programs
Regular
Address
5808 Madigan Dr NE Calgary, AB T2A 4P5
Neighbourhood
Marlborough Park (location, not catchment)

CBE schools are assigned by home address. Cappy Smart School is the designated elementary only if your address falls inside its catchment — confirm yours with an address lookup.

Classes & supports
  • EES (Enhanced Educational Support) — Grades 1-6
From Cappy Smart School's own page
“3 system EES (Enhanced Educational Support) classes: Grades 1-6”

From the school's own CBE page — care arrangements and class placements change; confirm with the school before you decide.

Register through the Calgary Board of Education.

Where Cappy Smart School is

5808 Madigan Dr NE Calgary, AB T2A 4P5

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Sources for Cappy Smart School: Official school page (CBE) · Survey source (SIRR, PDF) · School Development Plan (PDF)

Last updated Nov 2026 · How we score schools